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Our Advisors

Wayfinder Advisors

Meet Wayfinder's advisors—a team of educators, designers, and purpose-driven leaders committed to helping students prepare for what’s next.

Wayfinder advisors

Wayfinder Advisors

Dr. Bill Damon

Director, Stanford Center on Adolescence + Author

Path to Purpose

Chi Kim

CEO, Pure Edge

Dr. Susie Wise

Founder, Stanford K12 Lab + Adjunct Professor, Stanford d.school

Sandy Husk

Interim Superintendent, Portland Public Schools + Former CEO, AVID

Emily Esfahani Smith

NY Times Contributor + Author,

The Power of Meaning

Mike Marriner

Founder, Roadtrip Nation + Ashoka Fellow

Aaron Sokol

Senior Growth Advisor + Former Growth and Sales Leader, Clever and Handshake

Kimberley Harrington

Executive Director, NJASCD + Former New Jersey Commissioner of Education

Susan Enfield

Former Superintendent, Washoe County School District (NV) and Highline Public Schools (WA)

Max McGee

Co-Founder and COO, Center for Success for High Need Schools + Former Illinois State Superintendent

Dr. Diann Kitamura

Former Superintendent, Santa Rosa City Schools + Board Member, California Association of Asian and Pacific Leaders in Education

Dr. John Gasko

Chief Well-Being Officer, Uplift Education

Tristan Love

Director, Fargo Public Schools + Former Principal

Chris Balme

Co-Founder, Millennium School + Author, "Finding the Magic in Middle School"

Dr. Chris Wilson

Superintendent, Kennett #39 School District

Tom Trigg

Former Superintendent, Blue Valley Schools (KS) and Highland Park ISD (TX)

Dr. Edward Lee Vargas

Co-Founder, ALAS + State Superintendent of Year, CA and WA

Nat Manning

Senior AI Advisor + Presidential Innovation Fellow

Chris McKenna

Education Program Officer, Mindful.org + Former Program Director, Mindful Schools

Matthew Newcomb

CFO, Chime

Sarah Pazur, Ph.D

Director of School Leadership, CS Partners + President, FlexTech Education

Sean McClung

Head of School Success, XQ Institute + Former Principal, Oakland Unified and Envision Schools

Bob Lenz

Executive Director, Buck Institute + Founder, Envision Schools

Diego Perez

Poet + NY Times Best-Selling Author

Daniel Keever

Deputy Superintendent, Williamsburg-James City County Schools

Michael F. Malone

Executive Consultant + Retired Massachusetts Superintendent

Tenecia Powe

Principal, Westside Atlanta Charter School

Molly Efrusy

President, Efrusy Family Foundation

Lee Hark

Head of School, GreenHill School + Former Assistant Head of School, Durham Academy

Pamela Davis

Makerspace Facilitator, Richland 2 School District

Randle Charles

Haudenosaunee Member (Iroquois Confederacy) + Artist, Indian American Institute of Art

Alline Akintore

Principal, Oregon Venture Fund

Bo Shao

Chairman + Co-Founder, Evolve Ventures

Jennifer Carolan

Co-Founder and General Partner, Reach Capital

Monica Enand

Board Member, Oregon Community Foundation

Research + Design Advisors

Vicki Zakrzewski

Education Director

UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center

Kendall Cotton Bronk, Ph.D

Director

Claremont Adolescent Moral Development Lab

Heather Malin, Ph.D

Director

Stanford Center on Adolescence

Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D.

Honorary Principal Fellow

The University of Melbourne’s Centre for Wellbeing Science

Murat Ozturk

Data Scientist

Rutgers University